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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

рука́

noun, female, inanimate
very often used word (#47)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown male female both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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Translation

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hand

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arm

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handwriting

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Он завёл привы́чку держа́ть руки в карма́нах. He has fallen into the habit of putting his hands into his pockets.
Они нам не сопе́рники; наша кома́нда мо́жет поби́ть их с завязанными рука́ми. They're no competition; our team can beat them hands down.
Вы́мой руки. Wash your hands.
Я не могу́ согну́ть пра́вую ру́ку. I can't bend my right arm.
Я заме́тил, что у него дрожа́т руки. I observed that his hands were unsteady.
Он убра́л свою́ ру́ку со стола́. He withdrew his hand from the table.
Мужчи́на восстанови́л владе́ние ле́вой руко́й. The man regained the use of his left arm.
Полице́йский пойма́л во́ра за ру́ку. The policeman took the thief by the arm.
Он пойма́л меня за ру́ку. He caught me by the hand.
Я пойма́л её за ру́ку. I caught her by the hand.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	рука́	ру́ки
gen. genitive	руки́	ру́к
dat. dative	руке́	рука́м
acc. accusative	ру́ку	ру́ки
inst. instrumental	руко́й	рука́ми
prep. prepositional	руке́	рука́х